Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:47:34 -0400
From: "Eva Whitley" <eva.whitley at gmail.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Still time to get Worldcon site selection ballots to Japan
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

I'm thinking of going to WSFA on the 17th, and I'd appreciate it if I
could give you Steven & my ballots there.

On 8/10/07, Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at panix.com> wrote:
> This is the usual pitch, trying to get more people to pay attention to site
> selection, and includes information on both bids -
>
> You can no longer mail in site selection ballots but Ben is going to be
> hand carrying some.  He'll be down here the weekend of the 17th and will be
> picking up any from this area.  So if you haven't mailed yours in and want
> to vote please let me know.  At the moment I don't know if I'm going to
> Third Friday and there's also the Gibson event.  But if there are ballots
> to be picked up I obviously will be at WSFA.  So I *must* know by Thursday,
> the 16th of August so he and I can sort out his travel plans.
>
> The voting ballot is at http://www.nippon2007.us/site_selection.php  with a
> voting fee of $45.  ("Voting fee" is the wrong term: the money goes to the
> winning bid so they have some start-up money.)  If you do vote you
> automatically become supporting members of the 2009 Worldcon regardless of
> which bidder wins.
>
> To vote you need a supporting membership for the Worldcon that's taking
> care of the voting which costs $50.  You can send that with your site
> selection ballot using the form http://www.nippon2007.us/registration.php.
>
> Info on the two bids follows.  I've learned the hard way that filing
> papers, while boring, are pretty important.  So I'm including the links to
> them.
>
> Elspeth
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Everything You Need To Know About Worldcon Site Selection*
> * But Were Afraid To Ask"
> is very useful
> http://www.kc2009.org/siteselection.htm
>
> Kansas City bid page:
> http://www.kc2009.org/
> Filing papers:
> http://www.kc2009.org/siteselection.htm
> (And on the Nippon webpage for site selection)
>
> Montreal bid page:
> http://www.anticipationsf.ca/
> The filing papers:
> Available only the Nippon webpage for site selection - see above.
>

--
Eva Whitley   www.evawhitley.net

We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every
single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some
action to help stop this war. Raise hell.

Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our
troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there.

11 Jan. 2007, Molly Ivins' last column. RIP